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Chris Kirk held off Sahith Theegala and Jordan Spieth to win the first PGA Tour event of the season with victory at The Sentry in Hawaii.

Kirk completed a dream start to 2024 by converting his one-shot lead heading into Sunday at Kapalua with an eight-under final round 65, with pivotal birdies on 15 and 17 sealing the win.

The American made just one bogey all week in what was the lowest tournament scoring average (66.67) since PGA Tour records began.

He banks a huge $3.6million winner’s cheque in the first of eight Signature Events with elevated purses on the PGA Tour in 2024.

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“It is so unreal,” Kirk said. “It’s just so unexpected. I had a really great off-season and I got a lot of good work done and felt good about the year, but you never really expect to go shoot 29-under. Yeah, it’s unbelievable.”

Meanwhile, the low scoring in serene conditions in Kapalua meant that a cumulative total of 20-under-par was only good enough for T25 in the limited field.

Here’s what each player earned in the full prize money breakdown of The Sentry…

The Sentry prize money payout in full

Winner Chris Kirk: $3,600,000

2. Sahith Theegala: $2,160,000

3. Jordan Spieth: $1,360,000

4. Byeong Hun An: $975,000

T5. Sungjae Im, Brian Harman, J.T. Poston, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler: $690,500

T10. Jason Day, Xander Schauffele: $530,000

T12. Sepp Straka, Patrick Cantlay: $450,000

T14. Adam Hadwin, Eric Cole, Patrick Rodgers, Tyrrell Hatton, Max Homa, Matt Fitzpatrick, Harris English, Akshay Bhatia: $320,250

T22. Erik van Rooyen, Luke List, Viktor Hovland: $220,000

T25. Taylor Moore, Si Woo Kim, Nico Echavarria, Mackenzie Hughes: $170,750

T29. Lucas Glover, Kurt Kitayama, Adam Schenk, Wyndham Clark: $140,500

T33. Adam Svensson, Sam Burns, Brendon Todd, Corey Conners, Cameron Young: $113,000

T38. Tony Finau, Tom Hoge: $96,000

T40. Matt Wallace, Andrew Putnam, Justin Rose: $86,000

T43. Emiliano Grillo, Denny McCarthy: $76,000

T45. Keegan Bradley, Tom Kim: $68,000

T47. Tommy Fleetwood, Nick Hardy, Ludvig Aberg: $62,000

T50. Camilo Villegas, Seamus Power: $57,500

T52. Nick Taylor, Russell Henley, Cam Davis, Davis Riley: $54,500

56. Rickie Fowler: $52,000

57. Lee Hodges: $51,000

58. Hideki Matsuyama: $50,500

59. Vincent Norrman: $50,000

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